Hair-waver



B. A STERLING.

HAIR WAVER.

APPLICATION FILED act. 20, 1919.

1,384, 1 66., Patented July 12, 1921.

UNHTEE S o -n n is BERNARD A. STERLING, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HAIR-WAVER.

Application filed. October 20, 1919. Serial. No. 331,944.

T0 (1% whom it may concern Be it known that I, BERNARD A. STERLING, acitizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of(look and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Hairavors, of which the following is a full, clear,concise, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in hair waving devices and hasspecial reference to an improved device for placement upon the head forwaving and crimping the hair of the user.

A particular object of my invention is to produce upon the head of theuser what are known as Marcel waves which are peculiar in theircharacter in that the hair has a combined vertical and transverse wavingcombined with more or less sharply defined crimps and depressions.Iieretotore such effects have required the expert manipulation of atrained hair dresser, but by means of my invention the user is enabledto produce the most artistic Marcel waves, substantially au tomatically,and without any extended previous training.

This present invention is a further de velopment and improvement upon myinvention of hair waver as disclosed in my copending application filedSeptember 15, 1919, Serial Number 323,7 62.

The device of my invention comprises an elongated rigid member aroundwhich the strand of hair is adapted to be wound, and for the purpose ofassisting the user in bold ing the member rigidly while winding thestrand of hair, I hingedly connect a second member to the first member,providing a limiting hinging movement so that the second member standsat an angle to the first member during the operation of winding on thestrand of hair and assists in the hold ing of the member against thestrain of winding the strand of hair upon it.

The first member has a central longitudinal rib on its upper face andthe second member has a longitudinal slot; the second mem her is adaptedto be pressed down upon the hair after the hair is wound around thefirst member to force the hair down into the reentrant corners at thesides of the rib, thus clamping the hair tightly over the edge of therib, which is V-shaped and producing several sharply defined creases orcrimps in the hair being waved. I make these two members each out etc.single piece of material such as sheet celluloid and I hinge themtogether in a peculiar manner which is very simple and cheap andyet'prevents the complete separation of the two members and provides thelimited. hinging function mentioned.

In this form of my invention I also provide a sleeve-like inclosing orclamping member adapted to be pushed endwise over the two members, whenin clamping position, and over the hair wound thereon and clamp theslotted member tightly down upon the hair and toward the main member toincrease the crimping and waving effect of the device and retain thehair and the members in compact relation during the time that the deviceis on the head and effecting the crimpmg or waving of the hair.

My invention will be more readily understood by reference to saiddrawings in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device, the several partsbeingarranged in hair crimping relation and the strand of hair indicatedin dotted lines, and the open position of the slotted member being shownin dotted lines; 4

Fig. 2 is a plan view of th device without the clamping sleeve;

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view on the line of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the sleeve clamp; and

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary bottom elevation of the hinged ends of the twomembers.

In said drawings 1 is the base or main member which is elongated andnarrow and is provided with a central longitudinal vertical rib 2 whichextends substantially from endto end thereof and is provided with arelatively sharp V upper edge 3. The strand of hair 4: is adapted to bewound around this member from end to end in spiral form as indicated indotted lines in Fig. 1.

The lateral edges of the member 1 are provided with deep t -shapednotches 5 to re ceive the strand of hair and assist in effect ing thecrimping effect thereof. Preferably the V-shaped notches on the twosides of the member 1 are oii'set as indicated in 2.

The longitudinal rib 2 provides reentrant corners 6 between its lowerportion and the upper face of the base member 1. To pro- ;duce theartistic Marcel wave eflect which is desired,'1 press the upper part ofthe wound strand of hair down upon the V-shaped edge 3 of the member 2and down. into said reentrant corners, tightly drawing the strands ofhair into the notches 5 and around the lateral edges of the base member1 by means of a holding or clamping memher 7, which, like the member 1.is elongated, but instead of being provided with a rib is provided witha longitudinal slot 8 for straddling the rib 2 and pressing the turns ofhair tightly down at each side of the rib 2.

I loosely hinge one end 9 of the member 7 to one end'lO of the member 1by a peculiar hinge construction which can be produced at a minimum ofcost. imake each of these members out of a single piece of ma terialsuch as sheet celluloid and for hinging them together I provide the end10 of the member 1 with a transverse slot 11 and 1 provide the member'4' with a T-head 12 upon the outer or free end of the neck portion 13.The T-head is rounded on its outer edge 1 1 and is square on its inneredge 15. As best illustrated in Fig. 5, the relative dimensions of theslot 11 and the neck 13 are such hat when the T-head is pushed to oneside of the slot as far as it can go the opposite prong of the headcannot pass through the slot after it has once been entered. However,this overlap of the prong on the T-head is relatively so slight that inforcing the T- head through the slot the material of which the membersare made yields or gives su'liiciently so that the prong passes throughthe slot and thereafter the T-head cannot be removed from the slot onaccount of the square inner edge, the rounded edge 1% acting as a wedgeto spread the two members and elongate the slot as the T-hcad is forcedthrough the slot.

For holding the opposite ends of the two members in interlocked relationduring the use of the device, I provide a transverse slot 16 in the freeend of the men'iber 1 and I provide a narrow tongue 17 on the free endof the member 7 adapted to slide freely through the slot 16, and forfacilitating the entrance of the tongue 17 through the slot 16 I curvethe free end 18 containing the slot 16 upwardly and I offset the end 17of the member 7 downwardly as best shown in Fig. 1. In entering thetongue into the slot 16 the member 7 is curved upwardly between its endssufficiently to draw the extreme end of the tongue 17 back far enough tofreely enter into the slot 16.

As the slot 8 is relatively wide so as to span the upper part of thecoiled body of hair on the member 1, each side of the rib 2. as bestshown in Fig. 3, the side bars 19 of the member 7 are relatively weak,and not strong enou h to compress the hair properly down into thereentrant corners 6 and draw the strand tightly around the edge 3. Iprovide a holding or clamping member, which is in the form of asplitsleeve 20, the longitudinal edges :21 thereof being separated to spanthe longitudinal rib 2 and the strand of hair which is wound around themember 1 as best shown in Fig. This sleeve is a member separate from theother parts of the device and adapted to be placed lengthwise overthe-members 1 and 7 when in clamping position, the under surfaces of theside edges of the sleeve being adapted to bear down upon the side bars19 of the member 7 and press the same toward the base 1 and compress thestrand of hair between said side bars and the base 1, forcing it intothe angles 6 and also squeezin the strand of hair up against the lowerside of the base 1 and into the J-shaped notches 5, at the edges of thebase. In order that the sleeve 20 may be readily placed in positionuponthe device and removed therefrom the ends 22 thereof are slightly flaredoutwardly, so that the device will readily pass over the hair withoutcatching on same, the inner corners being re- .moved as best shown inFig. at.

In using my device, the two members 1 and? are first placed in theposition shown in Fig. 1, the member 7 being in its dotted position,affording a, good hand grip, and the strand of hair t is then woundspirally thereon, beginning at the hinged end of the device and endingat the opposite end, after which the member 7 is depressed upon thestrand of hair straddling the rib 2 and its free end is inserted throughthe slot 16 to hold it in position. Thentlie strand of hair, as shown at23. is drawn back along the lower side of the device and afterward theclamping sleeve 1(lis entered upon the device from the free ends thereofin the direction of the arrow on Fig. .1, thereby pressing the bars 19tightly down upon the inter-' posed strand of hair and holding the freeend of the strand tightly up against the lower part of the wound strand.The device is left upon the hair a suitable length of time, usually overnight, and when removed and the strand of hair loosened up, it is -foundto be crimped or waved in the form of a Marcel wave with characteristicundulations and definite crests and depressions which distinguish themost artistic Marcel waves.

As-many modifications of my invention will readily suggest themselves toone skilled in the art, I do not limit or confine my invention to thespecific structures herein shown and described. except within the scopeof the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a hair waver adapted for waving hair on the head of the user,comprising a flat base bar, a longitudinally extending thin central ribon its upper face, a longitudinally slotted member hinged at one end tothe base member and adapted to straddle the rib, means for securing thefree end of the slotted member to the free end of the base member, and asplit clamping member adapted to surround the base and the side bars ofthe slotted member and hold the two members tightly clamped upon thestrand of hair to be waved.

2. In a hair waver, a member, around \vhirh the strand of hair isadapted to be wound in a spiral, and a longitudinally ex tending ventralrib on its upper face, a slotted member for straddling said rib and holding the hair down on each side thereof, and a split ring clamping memberfor surrounding the other two members and the hair wound thereon, andholding the two members clamped together on the hair, the opposed edgesof the split being separated to span said rib.

3. in a hair waver, a substantially rigid be, e member having alongitudinal central rib on its upper face, a yielding clamping memberloosely hinged at one end to one end of the base member by a hingeconneetion limiting the outward swinging motion of the clamping member,and a split sleeve for placement endwise upon the two members when inclamping position for holding the members tightly clamped upon eachother and upon the hair being waved.

In a hair waver, an elongated relatively rigid member around which astrand of hair is adapted to be wound for crimping or waving same, andhaving a central longitudinal rib on one face, a slotted member forpressing the hair onto the rigid member at each side of the rib, and aclamping sleeve for surrounding said members and holding the slottedmember pressed tightly into po sition, said sleeve having flared endsfor facilitating its placement and removal.

in a hair waver, a flat elongated mem her, a rib disposed on one side ofthe elongated member, said elongated member and rib adapted to have thestrand of hair wound in a series of curls thereon, a compression membercarried by said clongated member for compressing the hair while in aseries of curls, and means for varying the tension of said compressionmember.

6. In a hair waver, a flat elongated memher, a projection dis )OSQtl onone side or. the elongated member to form a ridge there on, saidelongated member and projection adapted to have a strand of hair woundin a. series of curls thereon, a compression member having a slot formedtherein carried by said elongated member, said projection lying in saidslot when the compression member is in operative position, and meansbinding said compression member against the elongated member to impart aseries of waves to said hair.

7. In a hair waver, a retaining member having a plurality of cuts alongthe longitudinal sides, a ridge formed thereon over which strands ofhair are wound in a series of curls, a. pivotal member adapted to have aclamping position on the retaining member, said pivotal member having aslot cut therein to clear said ridge when in clamping position, meansfor locking said pivotal member in clamping position whereby the hairwill be compressed to bind against the ridge and retaining member, saidcuts in said retaining member causing the hair to wave in a series ofcurls transverse to the strands of hair.

8. In a hair waver, a hair retaining memher, a rib formed thereon overwhich a strand of hair is wound in a series of curls, a compressionmember adapted to lie upon said retaining member and having a slotformed therein to clear said rib, and a clip adapted to be mounted onsaid retaining member and compression member to increase the tension ofsaid compression member so as to compress the hair about the rib.

9. In a hair waver, a hair retaining member of an irregular crosssection to form a plurality of indents in the periphery, a compressionmember carried by and adapted to lie upon said retaining member when inclosed position so as to compress and bind the hair in said indents, anenlarged head formed at one end of the compression mem her, said hairretaining member having a slot cut therein of a smaller dimension thansaid head, said head adapted to be forcibly inserted in said slot topermanently lock said two members together in a hinge joint, and meansfor retaining the opposite ends of the members in closed position.

10. In a hair waver, a hair retaining member having an irregular crosssection so as to form a plurality of indents in the periphery,acompression member carried by and adapted to lie upon said retainingmember when in closed position so as to ompress and bind the hair intosaid indents, and a clip member slidably carried for engaging thecompression member to increase the tension thereof.

11. In a hair waver, a member upon which hair is adapted to be wound, acompression member lying face to "face upon the hair retaining member,and means independent of either for retaining said compression memberagainst the hair retaining member so as to compress the hair about thesame.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 18th day ofOctober, 1919.

BERNARD A. STERLING.

